Fleet & Research Facilities
Research Vessels
Seven ships are managed and operated to support various research activities such as investigating environmental changes, earthquake mechanics and tsunami generation, and to improve technology for marine resources exploration.
Deep ocean investigation systems
The Shinkai 6500, a manned submersible, and remotely operated and autonomous vehicles are used in a variety of marine research applications.
Survey Systems
The TRITON array has been moored in the western tropical Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean, telemetering oceanographic and meteorological data. OBS units have also been placed on the ocean bottom to observe artificial seismic waves.